Who is the dynamic CHEN PR team?

Chris Carleton
Since co-founding CHEN PR, he has spearheaded teams whose diverse successes range from introducing the world's first multiplayer online videogame to rolling out first-to-markets in the security, wireless, web applications, network infrastructure, enterprise software and e-business services sectors. Prior to CHEN PR, Chris served as the top communications executive at Bay Networks (now part of Nortel), responsible for worldwide media and analyst relations programs for the $2 billion company. Earlier in his career, he was a partner and vice president at Lois Paul & Partners; vice president of public communications with Washington, DC-based computer industry trade association ADAPSO (now the Information Technology Association of America) and also worked as a reporter. He has presented on global communications programs at a number of seminars. The father of 11-year-old triplets who has yet to admit he's too old to play soccer, Chris earned his B.A. in Business Communications from Boston University.
ccarleton@chenpr.com

Barbara Heffner
Barb has represented companies at every stage of corporate development, ranging from newly founded start-ups to large publicly held firms. She also has managed the IPO communications process for several clients. Before co-founding CHEN PR, Barb had her own successful consulting practice. Previously she was a partner and vice president at Lois Paul & Partners for eight years. Barb has previous experience in corporate communications and technical writing with software firms. She serves on the Marketing Committee of the MIT Enterprise Forum of Cambridge and the Advisory Board for Agile Workforce. She earned a B.S. in Mathematics from Penn State and an M.S. in Science Journalism from Boston University.

Outside the office, Barb is alternately inspired and humiliated by her teenage son and husband on the tennis court. She is proud to have shipped more than 10,000 childrens' books to rural community centers and schools on behalf of the Appalachian Book Project.
bheffner@chenpr.com

Barbara Ewen
Since co-founding CHEN PR, she has led teams to successfully launch companies into crowded markets, such as Pirus Networks, subsequently acquired by Sun Microsystems and Giganet, acquired by Emulex. She led the team that launched Sycamore Networks through the most successful IPO of its time. She also has extensive experience with publicly held companies including CHEN PR client Fairchild Semiconductor and Sun Microsystems. Prior experience included director of media and analyst relations globally for Bay Networks (now part of Nortel) and vice president of client services for Lois Paul & Partners and Hill & Knowlton's Advanced Technology Group. She also has extensive experience in advertising and marketing communications. An enthusiastic Concord resident, she assisted in media coverage for fund raising to complete the town's first Swim and Health Center and sits on the Board of historic Sleepy Hollow Cemetery. To relax, Barbara works in her garden, cooks and devours British mysteries. She is a graduate of Colby Sawyer College.
bewen@chenpr.com

Randy Wambold, Vice President
Since joining CHEN PR in 1999, his client work has included public and industry analyst relations for Sun Microsystems, as well as a range of enterprise software-oriented clients, and clinical trial and drug safety management solutions provider Phase Forward.

Prior to CHEN PR, Randy was director of ISP marketing at an Internet start-up; channel marketing manager for an ISP; product marketing manager for an ISP-focused vendor; and an account representative for tech PR agency Lois Paul & Partners.

If Randy weren't spending his days helping high-tech clients get their message to market, he would be a used book shop owner, a freelance fly fisherman in Montana or a professional attendee of Red Sox games. Randy has a B.A. in English from Gordon College in Wenham, Mass. and an M.A. in English from The University of Massachusetts/Boston.
rwambold@chenpr.com

Kevin Kosh, Vice President
There are very few technologies Kevin hasn't touched in some way, and even fewer for which he doesn't have a strong model for comparison and related knowledge to enable a quick ramp.

As CHEN PR's second hire in 1996, Kevin's client experience spans large, public companies such as AOL and Sun, to venture-funded startups blazing news trails or making marks on crowded emerging markets. Kevin currently is helping clients make the world a safer place for corporate and consumer data, make corporate nets a better place for voice applications, and make companies more effective at managing their global talent.

Prior to CHEN PR, Kevin spent four years with tech PR agency Lois Paul & Partners.

When Kevin's mind isn't consumed with how he can ratchet up his client's visibility, he spends his downtime instilling in his two boys a love of offbeat humor, sports and music; keeping a clear mind with running or rollerblading; or anxiously awaiting summer to try out his SCUBA skills. Kevin has a B.A. in Communications from Boston College.
kkosh@chenpr.com